{"id":2886,"date":"2011-07-11T12:30:48","date_gmt":"2011-07-11T17:30:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/?p=2886"},"modified":"2011-07-11T21:43:29","modified_gmt":"2011-07-12T02:43:29","slug":"now-officially-a-twit-twitter-feed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/2011\/07\/11\/now-officially-a-twit-twitter-feed\/","title":{"rendered":"Now Officially a Twit – Twitter Feed"},"content":{"rendered":"

So, on top of my other bad habits, now I am tweeting.<\/p>\n

The phrase that is normally used here is — “You can follow my tweets by going to http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/jimbovard – …”<\/p>\n

To be honest, that seems a bit farcical. Too ludicrous to qualify as “grandiose.” <\/p>\n

Much of whatever I tweet will also be on this blog. I’ll use it to give a heads-up on radio or TV interviews or articles. But, all in all, folks would be better off reading books instead of reading tweets. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

So, on top of my other bad habits, now I am tweeting. The phrase that is normally used here is — “You can follow my tweets by going to http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/jimbovard – …” To be honest, that seems a bit farcical. Too ludicrous to qualify as “grandiose.” Much of whatever I tweet will also be on […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2886","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\nNow Officially a Twit - Twitter Feed - James Bovard<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/2011\/07\/11\/now-officially-a-twit-twitter-feed\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Now Officially a Twit - Twitter Feed - James Bovard\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"So, on top of my other bad habits, now I am tweeting. 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